Coast Guard
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Forty industry executives recently embedded themselves into the Coast Guard for a year. The project is called the Coast Guard Industry Academy.
March 16, 2020 -
Coast Guardsmen are told not to travel to areas in the United States with sustained infections.
March 12, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, members of Congress are laying out their concerns about coronavirus epidemic's potential impact on many federal programs.
March 12, 2020 -
DoD prioritizes active duty families for child care, some civilians and Coast Guard could lose spotsLower priority families will have to give up their child care spots if active duty families can't find accommodations in 45 days.
March 09, 2020 -
An 18 month congressional investigation turned up multiple instances of whistleblower retaliation at the Coast Guard, failures on the part of leadership to conduct meaningful investigations into allegations of harassment and bullying, and a general lack of accountability.
December 13, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, two lawmakers want to even the playing field for hourly wage workers and General Schedule employees who work in the same location.
December 13, 2019 -
In effort to foster a more diverse and inclusive workforce, the Coast Guard is also developing a new certification program to create "diversity and inclusion practitioners" across its leadership cadre.
October 15, 2019 -
DHS's St. Elizabeths West Campus isn’t affected by a water outage that hit a neighboring psychiatric hospital, but GSA is taking steps to test the agency water supply out of an abundance of caution.
October 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Air Force orders all of its facilities to designate secure, comfortable spaces for nursing mothers.
August 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, news that the USDA will not be paying as much to employees who chose not to move to Kansas City next month has sparked Congressional outrage.
August 21, 2019 -
Even as the Coast Guard prepares for the 2019 hurricane season to get started, it’s still trying to recover from two years ago.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is putting off the elimination of a major benefit for post 9/11 veterans.
July 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate passes its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a 3.1% pay raise for active duty military.
June 28, 2019 -
The bill adds more career flexibility for Coast Guard officers.
June 27, 2019 -
The Coast Guard Search and Rescue Mission employs only one oceanographer, but after years of detailed study he pioneered a computer modeling program to help the service rescue faster.
June 21, 2019